Amimoto – Workshop – Melisa Williams melisa.wms@gmail.com 6/12/13 /**The Basics**animoto.com sign in with melisa.wms@gmail.com password - workshop Step 1 - Sign Up To get started on Animoto, you'll need to register a free Animoto account. Click "Sign Up" to begin, or click "Sign In" to access your account.
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Click "Create Video" in the upper right to begin. Step 3 - Choose a Style
The style affects the look and feel of your video. Click on any of the styles to see a preview of what a video would look like in that style. Step 4 - Add Images & Music
Animoto will then walk you through the steps required to create a video, including uploading photos and video clips and choosing a song. Don't forget Advanced Settings in the top-right corner to add those extra great features that make your video pop. Step 5 - Preview, Produce & Share! When you're all done, click the blue "Preview" button, Preview or skip and Produce and relax. We'll email when your video is ready to watch and share! Want even more info? Go to our blog to learn more about //creating videos//. What size/resolution/format should my images, audio and video clips be? IMAGES
Supported image formats are JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.
Currently we do not support animated GIFs or transparency.
The maximum supported filesize is 20Mb.
Images can be uploaded from your computer or imported from Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, Photobucket, Picasa or Instagram.
For the best quality videos, we recommend that images are sized to 1024x768 pixels or greater.
Lower resolution images may look blurry if you upgrade your video to a higher resolution or view it in full-screen mode.
4:3 or 3:4 landscape and portrait aspect ratios produce the best results.
Images in other aspect ratio's are perfectly usable, however they may appear zoomed out or cropped in the final video.
If you're wondering what DPI you should use, keep in mind that DPI is only for print, so 1280x720 pixels is enough information. (For instance, a 1024x768 pixel image at 300 dpi will print at roughly 3.5x2.5 inches, and at 100dpi, it will print at roughly 10x7.5 inches. However, the screen ignores all that and just cares about the pixel resolution, the 1024x768 number.)
VIDEO CLIPS We support quite a few video formats and codecs. However, there are many different video file types that use proprietary encoding formats, so you won't know if we support your particular clip or not until you try uploading. Video captured by some digital cameras and camcorders may require conversion prior to upload. Here are the file extensions we currently support: MP4, AVI, MOV, QT, 3GP, M4V, MPG, MPEG, MP4V, H264, WMV, MPG4, MOVIE, M4U, FLV, DV, MKV, MJPEG, OGV, MTS, MVI, M2TS. Video clip uploads are limited to 400 megabytes. This means that we'll be able to accept either longer videos of lower resolution, or shorter videos of higher resolution. If you're planning on upgrading your Animoto video to HD, we recommend that you size your video clips to at least 1280x720 pixels at 24fps. Please note: There is a limit of 10 seconds per video clip at a time to ensure that the videos retain a professional feel.
AUDIO CLIPS
We support upload of your own MP3 files (16 to 360kbps). In addition a selection of licensed music is provided in our music library.
Maximum filesize is 50Mb.
Maximum song duration is 20 minutes.
For uploaded MP3s, we recommend a minimum bitrate of 128kbps and a sampling rate of 44.1kHz.
DRM protected music such as that purchased from iTunes or Amazon Music Store may not be supported.
What's going on with Animoto for Education? Free plus account for educators. We are currently reassessing the education program in terms of how we can make it a better program for both educators and Animoto. In order to sign up (or re-sign up) as an educator for a free Plus account, you can apply for a code from our education site. Once you've applied, your application will be processed in the order it was received! Make sure you add education@animoto.com to your address book so that your confirmation doesn't end up in your spam box. (Educational Accounts expire every six months, and you'll need a new code to renew your account. Also, once you've received the code, you have one month to redeem it.)
Common core integration ideas Here are some ways you can utilize Animoto in your classroom
Create Novel Movie Trailers!
Animoto utilizes “MTV Style” editing to show brief clips of a specific subject or theme set to music. This is perfect for gleaning the main elements of a novel or chapter you just read in class.
At the end of the school year when you are reviewing for finals or mid terms (depending on your schools academic calendar) have the students make a brief Animoto video that they can use to
Reflect on what the novel or unit was about
Pick out the important elements of the chapter or novel
Main Points
Characters
Themes
Symbols
Setting
You see what is happening here…Students are creating a product that requires them to use prior knowledge and also display that knowledge in a creative manner.
Tell them that their audience will be next year’s incoming class and they have to convince them that this novel will be an amazing read! Just like film directors would do with a summer blockbuster.
If you want to stretch out this assignment and go a step further, visit http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/ and you can create movie posters for the novels.
As a teacher, you can show these videos on the first day of class next year. You can print out and hang up the movie posters of the novels on your bulletin board.
Here is how easy it is to create an Animoto video
and...
Here is what I just created in roughly five minutes
Creating Animoto Videos in other Disciplines!
For Vocabulary words
At the beginning of the Vocabulary unit have go over the list of words with your students as you normally would at the beginning of a unit.
Have students define words, provide proper parts of speech and provide sentences (maybe 3 to 5).
Students are arranged in groups of two. Each group will be given the following:
One digital camera
One Vocabulary word
The word
The part of speech
The definition
At least two sentences
An image relating to the word
Once the videos are created, the teacher will present the videos to the class and will serve as a brief review for the upcoming Vocabulary quiz.
This would be a flashy way to introduce a new formula or problem. You can take the above examples and apply it to your discipline.
In history class you could have students research an Amendment and make an Animoto video displaying the main points of that Amendment and also find images that represent that Amendment. This could work for numerous historical units:
Presidents
New Countries covered
Bill of Rights
American Wars
This would be a great way to show your kids how to perform a basic task such as raising your hand
Students, with assistance, can find images of kids raising their hand in class. Students and teacher can assemble the images and even take a photo of the child performing the task, and compile them into an Animoto video.
This could work with various life skills
Crossing the street
Washing your hands
Brushing your teeth
Students will have to create an Animoto video for the word they are given. Students must include in their video:
For Math teachers
For History teachers the possibilities are endless.
For Special Education and Life skills Teachers
Again, this is another practical, easy to use application that every teacher and student can use. I hope this idea has helped to bring technology into your classroom and look forward to hearing how you are using Animoto in your classroom!
Animoto is especially useful for sharing ideas and concepts that incorporate persuasion, ideals, emotions, beliefs, and personal creativity but can also be used to present an overview of a topic. Suggestions for projects:
advertisements
book trailers
digital storytelling
poetry and poetry interpretations
historical events such as the Holocaust, 9/11, Challenger explosion
overview of a era or period in history
visual literacy projects
showcase art & photography projects
biographies: historical or personal
travelelogue tour of a country, state, city
Create a 30 second commercial or public service announcement about…
Summarize the main idea of this passage in images and words in 30 seconds or less
Create video flashcards for vocabulary keywords
Great for brainstorming and storyboarding
Create a simulated field trip
Great way to market your program to your school and local community
Present wonderful end of the year videos
Have students create a 30 second video about themselves at the beginning of the year so that everyone can get to know each other.
Great way to introduce a new learning concept to students.
Great way to evoke student interest. I am using it for Antigone.
Have students create a short photo brochure of a country you are studying.
Allow students to showcase their pictures taken on a particular topic as part of a larger project. (C.Caves)
Students can create video flashcards to help memorize multiplication facts.
Have students create 30 second news briefs about historical news events, natural disasters, or any event that ties into curriculum
Have students collect pictures around a certain topic, create Animoto, swap Animotos, then use for brainstorming a creative writing piece.
Students can create short videos showing the steps they took in completing a Science Project. This would highlight the Scientific Process and they can share their work with the other students in the classroom. (Whisper W.)
Sixth grade teacher Shelly Goodwin uses it like so: She created a private Google Group for her students. Shelly assigns each student a vocabulary word, and s/he chooses pictures from the Internet that represent the word, adds text to announce and define it, then chooses music that goes with the idea. After students finish their Animotos (no more than 30 seconds, she says!), they post the links to a page in their Google Group. Students view classmates' Animotos to study for the test. As a result of this change, vocabulary test scores have skyrocketed (98% pass rate), and students actually remember the words weeks later.
Third grade teacher Laurie Baus used Animoto to help her students learn about theplanets. She worried at first they were not going to be able to accomplish the technical tasks necessary, but after half a day, her worries were over. I visited her class one day to find only the sound of clicking and occasional hushed conversation over the light sound of textbook pages being turned. Every child was engaged and involved in learning. After she saw what they'd created, she posted, "I am so proud I could just POP! :-)" on our teacher discussion board.
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Amimoto – Workshop – Melisa Williams melisa.wms@gmail.com 6/12/13/**The Basics** animoto.com sign in with melisa.wms@gmail.com password - workshop
Step 1 - Sign Up
To get started on Animoto, you'll need to register a free Animoto account. Click "Sign Up" to begin, or click "Sign In" to access your account.
info on signing up for an educators account and multiple uses in the classroom
http://westlakeweb20.wikispaces.com/Animoto
Step 2 - Create Video
Click "Create Video" in the upper right to begin.
Step 3 - Choose a Style
The style affects the look and feel of your video. Click on any of the styles to see a preview of what a video would look like in that style.
Step 4 - Add Images & Music
Animoto will then walk you through the steps required to create a video, including uploading photos and video clips and choosing a song. Don't forget Advanced Settings in the top-right corner to add those extra great features that make your video pop.
Step 5 - Preview, Produce & Share!
When you're all done, click the blue "Preview" button, Preview or skip and Produce and relax. We'll email when your video is ready to watch and share!
Want even more info? Go to our blog to learn more about //creating videos//.
What size/resolution/format should my images, audio and video clips be?
IMAGES
- Supported image formats are JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.
- Currently we do not support animated GIFs or transparency.
- The maximum supported filesize is 20Mb.
- Images can be uploaded from your computer or imported from Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, Photobucket, Picasa or Instagram.
- For the best quality videos, we recommend that images are sized to 1024x768 pixels or greater.
- Lower resolution images may look blurry if you upgrade your video to a higher resolution or view it in full-screen mode.
- 4:3 or 3:4 landscape and portrait aspect ratios produce the best results.
- Images in other aspect ratio's are perfectly usable, however they may appear zoomed out or cropped in the final video.
- If you're wondering what DPI you should use, keep in mind that DPI is only for print, so 1280x720 pixels is enough information. (For instance, a 1024x768 pixel image at 300 dpi will print at roughly 3.5x2.5 inches, and at 100dpi, it will print at roughly 10x7.5 inches. However, the screen ignores all that and just cares about the pixel resolution, the 1024x768 number.)
VIDEO CLIPSWe support quite a few video formats and codecs. However, there are many different video file types that use proprietary encoding formats, so you won't know if we support your particular clip or not until you try uploading. Video captured by some digital cameras and camcorders may require conversion prior to upload.
Here are the file extensions we currently support: MP4, AVI, MOV, QT, 3GP, M4V, MPG, MPEG, MP4V, H264, WMV, MPG4, MOVIE, M4U, FLV, DV, MKV, MJPEG, OGV, MTS, MVI, M2TS.
Video clip uploads are limited to 400 megabytes. This means that we'll be able to accept either longer videos of lower resolution, or shorter videos of higher resolution.
If you're planning on upgrading your Animoto video to HD, we recommend that you size your video clips to at least 1280x720 pixels at 24fps.
Please note: There is a limit of 10 seconds per video clip at a time to ensure that the videos retain a professional feel.
AUDIO CLIPS
What's going on with Animoto for Education? Free plus account for educators.
We are currently reassessing the education program in terms of how we can make it a better program for both educators and Animoto.
In order to sign up (or re-sign up) as an educator for a free Plus account, you can apply for a code from our education site.
Once you've applied, your application will be processed in the order it was received! Make sure you add education@animoto.com to your address book so that your confirmation doesn't end up in your spam box. (Educational Accounts expire every six months, and you'll need a new code to renew your account. Also, once you've received the code, you have one month to redeem it.)
Here are some ways you can utilize Animoto in your classroom
Create a 30 second commercial or public service announcement about…
Summarize the main idea of this passage in images and words in 30 seconds or less
Create video flashcards for vocabulary keywords
Great for brainstorming and storyboarding
Create a simulated field trip
Great way to market your program to your school and local community
Present wonderful end of the year videos
Have students create a 30 second video about themselves at the beginning of the year so that everyone can get to know each other.
Great way to introduce a new learning concept to students.
Great way to evoke student interest. I am using it for Antigone.
Have students create a short photo brochure of a country you are studying.
Allow students to showcase their pictures taken on a particular topic as part of a larger project. (C.Caves)
Students can create video flashcards to help memorize multiplication facts.
Have students create 30 second news briefs about historical news events, natural disasters, or any event that ties into curriculum
Have students collect pictures around a certain topic, create Animoto, swap Animotos, then use for brainstorming a creative writing piece.
Students can create short videos showing the steps they took in completing a Science Project. This would highlight the Scientific Process and they can share their work with the other students in the classroom. (Whisper W.)
More ideas for the classroom Animoto Ideas for the Classroom
Sixth grade teacher Shelly Goodwin uses it like so: She created a private Google Group for her students. Shelly assigns each student a vocabulary word, and s/he chooses pictures from the Internet that represent the word, adds text to announce and define it, then chooses music that goes with the idea. After students finish their Animotos (no more than 30 seconds, she says!), they post the links to a page in their Google Group. Students view classmates' Animotos to study for the test. As a result of this change, vocabulary test scores have skyrocketed (98% pass rate), and students actually remember the words weeks later.
Third grade teacher Laurie Baus used Animoto to help her students learn about theplanets. She worried at first they were not going to be able to accomplish the technical tasks necessary, but after half a day, her worries were over. I visited her class one day to find only the sound of clicking and occasional hushed conversation over the light sound of textbook pages being turned. Every child was engaged and involved in learning. After she saw what they'd created, she posted, "I am so proud I could just POP! :-)" on our teacher discussion board.
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